Improvement in extension hat-brims



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I. YGNACIO OASSIANO, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN EXTENSION HAT-BRIIVIS.

Specification forming. part of Letters Patent No. 140,615, dated July 8,1873; application filed March 29, 1873.

CASE B.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, I. YGNAoIo GAssmNo, of San Antonio, in the county ofBexar and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved ExtensionHat-Brim, of which the following is a specification:

This invention consists of an annular extension-brim of cloth, sewedonto the outer edge of the permanent brim, with foldingarms forextending it, which are mounted on sliding arms for moving them out orin for extending the brim more or less, and elastic straps on theextension-brim, in combination with the sliding extension, to controlthe extension-brim when not wholly extended. The sliding extension-armshave springcatches combined with them in such manner as to hold them inany position to which they may be adjusted.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hat with my extension-brim fullyextended. Fig. 2 is partly a plan view of the under side with the brimfolded up, and partly a horizontal section. Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthehat with the extension-brim partly extended in full lines, and whollyextended in dotted lines. Fig. 4 is an enlarged section of a plan ot'the under side with the brim partly extended in full lines and wholly indotted lines, and Fig. 5 is a transverse section of Fig. i on the lineSimilar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

A is the crown, and B the brim, of the or dinary hat. O is a ring ofmetal or other substance Iitted in the crown of the hat at the base, andsecured in any approved way. D

represents radiating arms attached to this ring and extending under thebrim B to its outer edge, or nearly so. E is the annular ring of clothor other substance, sewed at its inner edge to the outer edge of thebrim B. F is the elastic cord attached to the outer edge by clips G. Hrepresents the folding extension-arms for extending the brim E, and M,hooks on the stationary arms near the base ot' the crown, for holdingthe extension-brim when folded up.

As thus far described the arrangement is similar to that described in myapplication (case A) for a patent for extension hat-brims, filedherewith, but for having a variable extension-brim, which the inventiondescribed in the aforesaid application does not exhibit. I now proposeto make the stationary arms hollow or tubular, and t extension-arms K inthem, so as to slide in and out, and hinge the folding branchedextension-arms H to them, so that they can be shoved out more or less toextend the brim E accordingly, and I have the elastic straps`L extendingacross the brim E, and sewed to it and to the outer edge of brim B, soas to pull back against the braces and keep them under the propertension, also to gather the cloth when not wholly extended and keep itunder proper control, both when partly extended and when folded back onthe brim B, and held by the hooks M, as shown in Fig. 2, by theconnection of the clips G with theln when the arms H are detached fromsaid clips, which have sockets in which the outer ends ofthe branchedarms H fit, and by which they are engaged with the hooks when the brimis folded back.

A spring-catch, P, is arranged with the tubular extension-arms to engagethe sliding arms K iu notches to hold them whenever they are adjusted. f

By the use Yof these sliding extension-arms I can have an extension-brimabout twice as wide as the permanent one, which I 'cannot well dowithout said sliding extension-arms, because the permanent arms cannotbe allowed to extend beyond the edge of the permanent brim, and foldingextension-arms long enough to extend so wide a brim could not well bedisposed of when the brim is folded back.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination ot' an extension -brim, E, andextension devices for varying the extension with the permanent brim of ahat, substantially as specified.

2. The folding extensionarms H, mounted on sliding extension-arms K,substantially as specified.

3. The combination ot' the elastic straps L with the extension-brim Eand the sliding exv tension-arms K, substantially as specified.

I. YGNAGIO UASSIANO. Witnesses:

LEONARDO GARZA, WM. H. YOUNG.

